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Fig. 10. Htpnum striatum. 



Striated Feather Moss (a) . 



Colow. Grass green. 



Stems. Tufted, procumbent, pinnate ; branches drooping, attenuate. 



Leaves (b). Cordate, acuminate, striated, serrated; nerve reaching more than 



half-way. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta long; capsule large, arcuate; lid long, with a 



ciorved beak. Winter. 

 Locality. Woods, &c. 



Fig. 11. Hypnum steiatulum. 

 Lesser Striated Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Creeping, tufted, branches erect, much crowded ; sometimes bi-pinnate. 



Leaves (&) . Ovate-acuminate, erecto-patent, serrated, nerved more than half- 

 way, striated. 



Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous ; seta one inch long, capsule cernuous, beak curved. 

 Winter. 



Locality. Shady rocks. 



Fig. 12. Htpnum ciecinnatum. 



Curving Feather Moss (a) . 



Colour. Grass green. 



Stems. Erect, pinnate, branches fasciculate, drooping, mostly branched from the 



extremity. 

 Leaves (5) . Narrow, ovate-acuminate, serrate, nerved above half-way, crowded, 



secund. 

 Flowers and Fruit. Dioicous; capsule ovate-oblong, Ud shorter. Fruit only 



found hitherto in Algiers and the Ionian Islands. 

 Locality. Limestone rocks and walls. 



